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With little say over Robert Roberson’s fate, Texas lawmakers take extraordinary steps to buy him more time
With Roberson’s options dwindling, a House panel used its bully pulpit to prove his case and excoriate the failures of the ...
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Execution Controversy: The Case of Robert Roberson
Robert Roberson is set to be executed in Texas for the death of his daughter, Nikki, due to shaken baby syndrome, despite ...
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Texas House panel subpoenas death row inmate in last-minute bid to stop execution
It remains unclear whether this effort to stop the execution will work. Amanda Hernandez, spokeswoman for the Texas ...
Execution Of Man In Shaken Baby Case Could Be Delayed By Texas Lawmakers’ Last-Minute Subpoena
In a last-ditch effort to halt Robert Roberson's execution, the Texas House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee issued a ...
Texas execution marks latest death penalty case to move forward despite shifting stances by law enforcement, prosecutors
Robert Roberson is set to die by lethal injection Thursday in Texas. His is the latest death row case to move forward despite doubts about his conviction.
Texas man set to be first in US executed over shaken baby syndrome makes last appeals
Robert Roberson waited to hear whether his execution might be stopped by either Gov. Greg Abbott or the U.S. Supreme Court — ...
The Texas Tribune on MSN58m
House panel issues “unprecedented subpoena” in last-ditch effort to halt Texas execution of Robert Roberson
As Texas prison officials ready the death chamber to execute Robert Roberson on Thursday night, a thundering chorus of people ...